State v. Thompson

The question here is whether the district court has discretion to allow a defendant, convicted of a forcible felony pursuant to Iowa Code section 902.7 (1991), to waive his presentence investigation and request immediate sentencing, contrary to sections 901.2 and 901.10. We believe the defendant in the present case knowingly and voluntarily waived consideration of his pre-sentence investigation prior to the district court’s imposition of the mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to section 902.7. We therefore affirm.

On April 26, 1991, Jake Thompson was charged by trial information with…